Oh where did you hear about his plight? I was of the impression he is doing ok. But he is quite resourceful, printing calendars and all that for sale (i bought one ) There is only one person who did this. He also has a few horses in his farm and some groups in SG organises excursion to the farm which is like a little zoo. Apart from him there is a Johorean who operated a shelter like him, but she is in a worse state. My respects to these people for the sacrifice they make, i support them where i can occasionally.
The move of Noah's Ark out from Singapore is a long and sorry tale. Malu for Singapore.
Raymund the founder of Noah's Ark is a glorious eccentric, now with 850 dogs and 500 cats, a three legged monkey, some horses and a growing number of rabbits and the odd rescue of a civet cat, some discarded pythons .... in a true sanctuary extremely well run, in Ulu Choh near Pekan Nanas. Not hard to get to, and when they organize visits it is a super visit from Singapore. Drop in visitors are not welcome because the doggies run freely around and there is so much work in cleaning, organizing and feeding. But when the sanctuary is open to visitors you will get your fill of petting cats and dogs. Utterly marvellous for animal lovers.
It has been and will probably always be a huge struggle to keep the sanctuary going: fund raising is hell. Staff has to be paid, the cost of feed monthly is phenomenal. Raymund is organized and practical and still it is Very Hard Work. There are many formerly abused and abandoned dogs and cats - you see several three legged dogs, one-eyed cats and other survivors and rescued fellows. The saddest case of a survivor I saw was a cat with no tail and one eye from abuse as a kitten. But there are far more horrific stories that Raymund can tell, and truly tansi, such dedication and commitment is wondrous to behold.
Raymund has slaved to get Singapore authorities to wake up to allowing cats in HDB flats and pursue sterilization of strays there. He has another huge task in helping with education of kindness to animals in Malaysia and to work with vets and the SPCA in the various states to promote sterilization.
The website is below. No one person can solve this problem, and none of us has that much money to donate. But maybe we can each give a little?
http://www.nanasanctuary.blogspot.com/